Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative spelling: Trapezicardiini

Full reference: S. Kanjilal and M.S. Srinivasan. 2002. New Bivalves from the MIocene of Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal. Journal of the Geological Society of India 60(5):527-536

Parent taxon: Eucardiids according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Cardiinae, Cerastodermatinae, Clinocardiinae, Fraginae, Lymnocardiinae, Orthocardiinae, Profraginae, Tridacninae

Subtaxa: Trapezicardium

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Little Andaman: Bivalves & assc. forams (Miocene of India)

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